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ComicBook can exclusively reveal excerpts from Marvel’s Daredevil – The First 60 Years by Titan Comics. The excerpts feature pages from “Born Again,” which ran in Daredevil #227-233. It features Wilson Fisk/Kingpin systematically ruining Matt Murdock’s life after he discovers his secret identity as Daredevil. “Born Again” features the return of Matt’s ex-girlfriend, Karen Page, who is now a junkie who sells Daredevil’s identity for a quick fix. This information makes its way back to Kingpin, who uses it to attack Matt physically and emotionally.
One of those attacks includes blowing up Matt’s home, with Frank Miller giving Matt a classic line of dialogue as he kneels in the ruins of his former home: “It was a nice piece of work, Kingpin. You shouldn’t have signed it.”
The next page shows a physical confrontation between Kingpin and Matt Murdock, with Kingpin nearly beating Matt to death. Kingpin tries to stage Matt’s death to look like a suicide, but when the taxi that was supposed to contain Matt’s body is found empty, it begins to haunt Kingpin. Meanwhile, Matt is later stabbed by a former associate, Turk, and staggers into Fogwell’s gym to be discovered by a nun named Sister Maggie. She nurses Matt back to health, and during his recovery, he asks Sister Maggie if she’s his mother. She denies it, but Matt can hear her heartbeat skip a beat.
“Born Again” ends with Kingpin sending the super-soldier Nuke to attack Hell’s Kitchen, forcing Matt to suit up once again as Daredevil to stop him. Kingpin has Nuke killed to cover his tracks, but Daredevil sends the evidence to Daily Bugle reporter Ben Urich. Kingpin now has the public’s eye on him, and Matt gets a happy ending with Karen Page.
